Comparison

AVSub vs JellyBox Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AVSub

Access and stream your entire music and video library from your SubSonic server. Enjoy offline playback, multi-format support, and seamless casting to various devices. Features include playlist management, enhanced media information, and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • SubSonic server integration
  • Multi-format audio and video streaming
  • Offline caching for playback
  • Playlist support
  • CarPlay and Apple Watch integration
  • Casting support (Chromecast, FireTV)
  • Enhanced media information
Features
Currently charting
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AVSub is a fully featured, multi-language music and video streaming (after in-app purchase) app for SubSonic. With multi-format (including FLAC) support, quick & easy browsing, caching for offline listening or viewing, playlist support and a great user interface, accessing your media is fast and simple. With full Bluetooth Audio, Apple Watch, CarPlay, AVCast/Chromecast/FireTV & Airplay support too, you can have your media with you anywhere, anytime. Connect AVSub to your licensed SubSonic server and you'll have access to your entire media collection. AVSub supports any audio format that SubSonic supports and SSL. AVSub's user interface is easy to use. Buttons are large and clear and playback can be controlled by gestures. Optimized views for both portrait & landscape orientations make the most of your device. AVSub has full Bluetooth Audio support - stream to any Bluetooth device (car stereo, amplifier, speaker, headphones) with superb quality. Bluetooth remote-control is fully supported. AVSub also fully suports CarPlay. The AVSub Apple Watch extension is the easiest way to get your Subsonic playlists onto your watch. The extension supports full background playback. You can take your music with you even without your phone! AVSub supports caching so you can listen to your music or watch video even when you're not connected to the Internet. AVSub will intelligently cache what you listen to in the background, or you can choose to download tracks, albums or videos direct to the cache for quick pre-loading. Cache size is configurable, along with options such as cache reading & writing and the ability to control direct-downloading over a mobile/cellular network. Cache management in AVSub is easy too! When browsing the cache, simple swipe right-to-left on item to reveal a delete button. See the AVSub website for details. AVSub supports Subsonic playlists and will intelligently cache tracks on your device. AVSub can be used on both WiFi or a mobile/cellular connection (3G/4G). Audio caching ensure smoother playback. AVSub shows enhanced information for your media, recognising movies, TV, artists and giving bio information, top tracks and similar artists. AVSub supports the casting app AVCast. With AVSub you can access your full media library by browsing, selecting from the most recently added, most recently played, most frequently played or highest rated tracks, or search over your entire library. AVSub also supports multiple SubSonic top-level music folders, allowing you to select an individual top-level folder, or your entire collection. You can browse by folder structure or ID3 tags. AVSub Features: - Universal app for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch - MP3/AAC/FLAC/MP4/ALAC/Vorbis/Opus/WAV/DSD - High-resolution digital audio output via CCK up to 24bit/192kHz - CarPlay - TMDb integration for full movie & TV posters and details - VLC integration - Equaliser - Mini player - AVCast support - Google Cast & Amazon Fire TV audio and video (after in-app purchase) - Portrait and landscape - Video streaming with caching (in-app purchase) - Subsonic Jukebox (in-app purchase) - Home screen & Notification center widget with recent items - 3D Touch quick action shortcuts - Internet radio - Crossfade - SSL support, including self-signed certificates - Caching for all media - Folder & ID3 mode - Multi-disc album support - Artist Radio/Similar Songs - Intelligent Bookmarks - Podcasts - Gapless playback - Track seeking - Subsonic playlist support - Streams over 3G/4G/5G/WiFi - Maximum streaming bitrate control - Bluetooth Audio/Airplay support - Remembers your playlist from the last session - Streams from any licensed SubSonic server (v4.0 and up) - Browse/search music collection - Browse most recently added, recently played, frequently played, highest rated - Random albums/songs - Shuffle and repeat - Album cover art - Lock-screen integration - Documentation & guides available at the AVSub website - Supports iOS10+

About

JellyBox Player

Stream your local music library from your home server to your devices. This client application provides seamless playback of your entire music collection.

Highlights
  • Connect to Jellyfin server
  • Play local music library
  • Seamless music playback
  • Cross-device support
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JellyBox Player is a client application for Jellyfin server application. JellyBox allows you seamlessly play all your local music by simply connecting to your home server. This player can: * Browse and your local lib - artists, albums, songs, playlists * Show a time synced lyrics(when available) * Full offline mode, including a "plane" support * Downloads * Native Apple CarPlay app

Screenshots

AVSub4 screens
JellyBox Player3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JellyBox Player at Free against AVSub's $3.99. JellyBox Player also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). AVSub's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 36%) and ratings volume (65 vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

JellyBox Player is free to download; AVSub costs $3.99 up front. AVSub sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. JellyBox Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JellyBox Player holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AVSub has 65 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of AVSub's written reviews are positive against 36% of JellyBox Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AVSub ships an update monthly, JellyBox Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
AVSub versus JellyBox Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAVSubJellyBox Player
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (65 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews — better35.7% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#141 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard LevyOleksandr Synelnykov

Customer experience

AVSub

All ratings65 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative24.6%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral9.9%
Negative29.6%

JellyBox Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral28.6%
Negative35.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

AVSub

One-time5
  • Jukebox mode$0.99
  • Video Playback$1.99
  • Chromecast Video/Audio$2.99
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  • Fire TV support$2.99
  • Google Cast and Fire TV Support$4.99
None

JellyBox Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AVSub free?
AVSub costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is JellyBox Player free?
JellyBox Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AVSub or JellyBox Player?
JellyBox Player is rated higher. AVSub averages 3.8 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while JellyBox Player averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do AVSub or JellyBox Player have ads?
Neither AVSub nor JellyBox Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AVSub or JellyBox Player?
AVSub ships an update monthly, and JellyBox Player every 5 days. Most recently, AVSub was updated on October 3, 2026 and JellyBox Player on September 30, 2026.

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